Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith, state director of Assemblies of God McAtee tell congregation to ignore Peternel sex abuse reports

Head of powerful Life Church pried teens about sex in graphic detail, Peternel son facing four felony counts of child pornography

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith preaches at Life Church in Indiana on Nov. 16, 2025. Beckwith has obliquely referred to stories of sex abuse from the lead pastor and his friend and adviser Nathan Peternel as “lies” from “the enemy.” Beckwith, a pastor at Life Church in addition to his state job, and the head of Indiana’s Assemblies of God, Chad McAtee, …